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Morning Memories – Fiesta!: 10 a.m.-noon May 5, 320 Georgia St., Vallejo. Themed crafts and activities, including special guest appearances, face painter and pinata. $5. https://bit.ly/2HKfh3p. 2018 SF Cinco de Mayo Festival: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. May 5, Valencia Street between 21st and 24th streets, San Francisco. Free family-friendly, cultural celebration. Music and entertainment on two stages, kids zone, food and exhibitor booths, beer garden, fun for all ages. http://mncsf.org/sfcincodemayo/.

OAKLAND: Less than a year old, Slainte (prounounced slahn-cha) near ballet shoes boy Jack London Square has the soul of a long-established Irish pub, what with the portrait of James Joyce over the fireplace, the Oscar Wilde books and the singing toasts, For Slainte’s first St, Patrick’s Day, look for a menu of Irish fare to nibble on while being entertained all day long by dancers, bands, a vocalist and a roving bagpiper, Details: 131 Broadway; www.slainteoakland.com, PLEASANT HILL: If you want to get started early, you can get your Irish on at Farrington’s Bar at 7 a.m, (yes, they open at that hour 365 days a year), For the holiday, they’ll be cooking up corned beef and cabbage and offering drink specials, Details: 1938 Contra Costa Blvd.; www.farringtonsbar.com..

“Giselle” plays at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts 255 Almaden Blvd. Tickets will be on sale at balletsj.org or 408.288.2800. Spoiled starlet Floria Tosca finds herself stalked by a dangerous man, but her troubles don’t end when her violent pursuer dies. Olga Chernisheva, a Russian soprano who has performed in her native country and Sweden, makes her company debut for the show’s first four performances in the title role. Guest soprano Elizabeth Baldwin will take on the role for the last two shows. She returns to the Opera San Jose stage after a performance as the First Lady in “The Magic Flute” last season.

7 Kalil Wilson: This young jazz/classical singer ballet shoes boy who got his start in the Oakland Youth Chorus and UC Berkeley’s Young Musicians Program, has performed with some big outfits — the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Oakland East Bay Symphony — and in some big venues — the Metropolitan Opera House, the Hollywood Bowl — but on Jan, 15, he serves up a more intimate concert with a three-piece band at Oakland’s Chapel of the Chimes, kicking off the Jazz at the Chimes concert season..

Mozart “touched his heart” and still does: “How did he write those tunes? Because at some level, that’s what they are, tunes.”. In recent years, Costello has sung his own tunes with full symphonic backing in major concert halls, often using his own arrangements for 50 or more musicians. When he joins Tilson Thomas on stage this weekend, he will be adding to this history. “You’ve got to press on for the beauty,” he says. “I’ve stood in front of some of the best orchestras in the world, including the San Francisco Symphony, and I know what it feels like to be inside that body of sound. I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything…. So this is another one of those magical things. It’s a magical experience. Let’s do it right.”.